Two 7-Eleven stores robbed at gunpoint minutes apart on NW Side: Chicago police

Chicago armed robberies took place on Irving Park Road, Belmont
Friday, April 7, 2023
CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least two 7-Eleven stores were robbed at gunpoint minutes apart on Chicago's Northwest Side early Friday morning, Chicago police said.

Four male suspects with guns entered the first convenience store about 3:55 a.m. in the 5600-block of West Irving Park Road in the city's Portage Park neighborhood, CPD said. The suspects took "proceeds" and drove away in a silver sedan in an unknown direction, police said.

No one was injured, and no one is in custody, according to CPD.

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Area Five detectives are investigating.

Less than 10 minutes later, three male suspects entered another 7-Eleven in the 6500-block of West Belmont Avenue in the city's Schorsch Village neighborhood with guns, police said. The suspects again took "proceeds" and drove away in a gray sedan, traveling west on Belmont, according to CPD.

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No one was injured, and Area Five detectives are investigating.

A number of 7-Eleven stores have been robbed over the last week and a half.

Chicago police have not connected the crimes.

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